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4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 571– 

4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: 

(843) 769–4520; email: kim.iverson@

safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public via 

webinar as it occurs. Webinar 

registration is required. Information 

regarding webinar registration will be 

posted to the Council’s website at: 

https://safmc.net/events/sept-2023-sscmeeting/ as it becomes available. The 

meeting agenda, briefing book materials, 

and online comment form will be 

posted to the Council’s website two 

weeks prior to the meeting. Written 

comment on SSC agenda topics is to be 

distributed to the Committee through 

the Council office, similar to all other 

briefing materials. For this meeting, the 

deadline for submission of written 

comment is 12 p.m. EDT, September 7, 

2023. 

The SSC meeting agenda includes a 

review of the Red Grouper operational 

assessment model and configurations, 

the draft Climate Governance Policy 

developed by NMFS, and discussing 

other business as needed. The SSC will 

provide guidance to staff and make 

recommendations for Council 

consideration. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Council office (see ADDRESSES) 5 days 

prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: August 16, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–17897 Filed 8–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD262] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management 

Committee (EBFM) and Plan 

Development Team (PDT) to consider 

actions affecting New England fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, September 5, 2023, at 10 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the Radisson Airport Hotel, 2081 

Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886; 

telephone: (401) 739–3000. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The EBFM Committee and PDT will 

meet to receive a summary presentation 

on the final Prototype Management 

Strategy Evaluation (pMSE) report with 

example scenarios. They will also 

discuss how the pMSE results and 

examples can be used to engage 

stakeholders during deep-dive 

workshops (to be scheduled in early 

2024). The Committee and PDT will 

develop 2024 management priority 

recommendations, possibly including 

initial development of a full 

management strategy evaluation with 

public engagement. Other business will 

be discussed as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: August 16, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–17895 Filed 8–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Science Advisory Board 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda for a 

meeting of the Science Advisory Board 

(SAB). The members will discuss issues 

outlined in the section on Matters to be 

considered. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

September 11, 2023 from 10:30 a.m. to 

11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). 

This time and the agenda topics 

described below are subject to change. 

For the latest agenda please refer to the 

SAB website: https://sab.noaa.gov/ 

meeting-agenda/. 

ADDRESSES: This is a virtual meeting. 

The webinar registration links for the 

meeting may be found on the website at 

https://sab.noaa.gov/meeting-agenda/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Casey Stewart, Executive Director, 

SSMC3, Room 11360, 1315 East-West 

Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910; Phone 

Number: 240–381–0833; Email: 

noaa.scienceadvisoryboard@noaa.gov; 

or visit the SAB website at https://

sab.noaa.gov/current-meetings/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB) 

was established by a Decision 

Memorandum dated September 25, 

1997, and is the only Federal Advisory 

Committee with responsibility to advise 

the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Oceans and Atmosphere on strategies 

for research, education, and application 

of science to operations and information 

services. SAB activities and advice 

provide necessary input to ensure that 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) science 

programs are of the highest quality and 

provide optimal support to resource 

management. 

Status: The September 11, 2023 

meeting will be open to public 


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participation with a 5-minute public 

comment period at 11:25 a.m. EDT. The 

SAB expects that public statements 

presented at its meetings will not be 

repetitive of previously submitted 

verbal or written statements. In general, 

each individual or group making a 

verbal presentation will be limited to a 

total time of three minutes. Written 

comments for the September 11, 2023 

meeting should be received by the SAB 

Executive Director’s Office 

(noaa.scienceadvisoryboard@noaa.gov) 

by September 01, 2023 to provide 

sufficient time for SAB review. Written 

comments received by the SAB 

Executive Director after these dates will 

be distributed to the SAB, but may not 

be reviewed prior to the meeting date. 

Special Accommodations: This 

meeting is physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

special accommodations may be 

directed to the Executive Director no 

later than 12 p.m. on September 01, 

2023. 

Matters to be Considered: The 

meeting on September 11, 2023 will 

consider Revisions the Report on the 

Review of the Cooperative Institute for 

Ocean Exploration (OECI). Meeting 

materials, including work products, will 

also be available on the SAB website: 

https://sab.noaa.gov/current-meetings/ 

current-meeting-documents/. 

Dated: August 11, 2023. 

David Holst, 

Chief Financial Officer/Administrative 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–17873 Filed 8–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD258] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application 

for ten permit renewals, one permit 

modification, and eight new permits. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received 18 scientific 

research permit application requests 

relating to Pacific salmon, steelhead, 

green sturgeon, rockfish, and eulachon. 

NMFS has also received one permit 

application to enhance the propagation 

and survival of one listed salmonid 

species (Snake River steelhead). The 

proposed activities in all permits are 

intended to increase knowledge of 

species listed under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) and to help guide 

management and conservation efforts. 

DATES: Comments or requests for a 

public hearing on the applications must 

be received at the appropriate address or 

fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on 

September 20, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

applications should be sent to the 

Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 

1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, 

Portland, OR 97232–1274. Comments 

may also be sent via fax to 503–230– 

5441 or by email to nmfs.wcr-apps@

noaa.gov (include the permit number in 

the subject line of the letter, fax, or 

email). The applications may be viewed 

online at: https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/ 

preview/preview_open_for_

comment.cfm. Permit application 

instructions are available from the 

address above, or online at https://

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob 

Clapp, Portland, OR, 541–231–2314, 

Robert.Clapp@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Species Covered in This Notice 

The following ESA-listed species are 

covered in this notice: 

Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha): threatened Lower 

Columbia River (LCR); threatened Puget 

Sound (PS); threatened Snake River 

(SnkR) spring/summer-run; threatened 

SnkR fall-run; endangered Upper 

Columbia River (UCR) spring-run; 

threatened Upper Willamette River 

(UWR); threatened Central Valley 

spring-run (CVS); endangered 

Sacramento River (SacR) winter-run; 

and threatened California Coastal (CC). 

Steelhead (O. mykiss): threatened 

LCR; threatened Middle Columbia River 

(MCR); threatened PS; threatened SnkR; 

threatened UCR; threatened UWR; 

threatened Northern California (NC); 

threatened Central California Coast 

(CCC); threatened California Central 

Valley (CCV); and endangered Southern 

California (SC). 

Chum salmon (O. keta): threatened 

Hood Canal Summer-run (HCS); and 

threatened Columbia River (CR). 

Coho salmon (O. kisutch): threatened 

LCR; threatened Oregon Coast (OC) 

coho; threatened Southern Oregon/ 

Northern California Coast (SONCC); and 

endangered CCC. 

Sockeye salmon (O. nerka): 

endangered SnkR; and threatened 

Ozette Lake (OL). 

Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus): 

threatened southern Distinct Population 

Segment (SDPS). 

Green sturgeon (Acipenser 

medirostris): threatened SDPS. 

Rockfish (Sebastes spp.): endangered 

Puget Sound/Georgia Basin (PS/GB) 

bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis); and 

threatened PS/GB yelloweye rockfish (S. 

ruberrimus). 

Authority 

Scientific research permits and 

permits to enhance propagation or 

survival are issued in accordance with 

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) and regulations governing 

listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR 

222–226). NMFS issues permits based 

on findings that such permits: (1) are 

applied for in good faith; (2) if granted 

and exercised, would not operate to the 

disadvantage of the listed species that 

are the subject of the permit; and (3) are 

consistent with the purposes and policy 

of section 2 of the ESA. The authority 

to take listed species is subject to 

conditions set forth in the permits. 

Anyone requesting a hearing on an 

application listed in this notice should 

set out the specific reasons why a 

hearing on that application would be 

appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such 

hearings are held at the discretion of the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NMFS. 

Applications Received 

Permit 15169–3R 

The National Park Service (NPS) is 

seeking to renew a permit that would 

authorize them to take juvenile and 

adult CC Chinook salmon, CCC coho 

salmon, and CCC steelhead as part of a 

long-term monitoring program within 

the NPS’s San Francisco Bay area 

network. The research includes seven 

studies within, or proximate to, NPS 

lands in: Lagunitas Creek, Olema Creek, 

Pine Gulch, Redwood Creek, and Rodeo 

Creek, and Easkoot Creek in Marin 

County; West Union and San Vicente 

Creeks in San Mateo County; Alhambra 

and Franklin Creeks in Contra Costa 

County; and Tomales Bay, CA. Study 1 

monitors salmonid smolt outmigration. 

Study 2 is a juvenile salmonid diet 

composition study. Study 3 is a spawner 

survey study. Study 4 focuses on 

summer/fall juvenile salmonid 

distribution, population abundance, and 

habitat monitoring. Study 5 is a juvenile 

salmonid winter habitat utilization 

study. Study 6 uses a floating resistanceboard weir-trap to monitor adult 


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